To WilliamdeWorde:
Very gracious and encouraging words, indeed.
Very much so, since I self taught the language, and a whole new culture for that matter, at an age where, according to the pundits who I sought advice from, I would certainly fail if left to my own devices, pretty much like trying to learn how to program a blinking 12:00 AM Vcr on your own (their analogy, NOT mine).
Now I can say with a well founded certainty that I cheated:
I already knew how to program Vcrs.
And then some.